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Obamas ambassador states that some forms of anti-Semitism are acceptable
US Ambassador Under Fire for Comments on Anti-Semitism* - ABC News
Gutman, a lawyer by profession, was appointed ambassador to Belgium after raising major funds for Obamas 2008 elections campaign.
The US Ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, finds himself under fire this morning for comments he made about the roots of some Muslim anti-Semitism, comments from which the White House distanced itself.
Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli newspaper, reported Friday that Gutman told a Jewish conference on anti-Semitism organized by the European Jewish Union that as the newspaper described it a distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
According to the prepared remarks of his speech, Gutman distinguished between anti-Semitism, of hatred and violence against Jews, from a small sector of the population who hate others who may be different or perceived to be different, largely for the sake of hating from what he perceived to be a different phenomenon tied to Israeli policies.
US Ambassador Under Fire for Comments on Anti-Semitism* - ABC News
Gutman, a lawyer by profession, was appointed ambassador to Belgium after raising major funds for Obamas 2008 elections campaign.